Tropical Storm Bertha weakened to a tropical depression on Thursday evening as it moved inland across Texas, prompting the National Hurricane Center to lift all remaining coastal watches and warnings.

Bertha, which had re-formed over the northern Gulf of Mexico, was tracking across Texas with maximum sustained winds of 35 mph. The storm is expected to continue weakening and likely dissipate overnight. It had previously lashed parts of the southwestern Louisiana and Upper Texas coasts with tropical-storm-force winds and coastal flooding.

As of the National Hurricane Center's 8 p.m. ET advisory, Bertha was located about 10 miles northeast of Houston, Texas, and moving west at 13 mph. Earlier on Thursday, winds had gusted as high as 50 mph along the Texas Coast, according to the FOX Forecast Center, but these were expected to decrease quickly after the storm made landfall.

Bertha initially made landfall in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, around 2 p.m. local time on Wednesday. This marked the first named storm to make landfall in Louisiana since Hurricane Francine in September 2024, and only the tenth tropical cyclone to make landfall in the state during July since 1850.

While Bertha is no longer a tropical storm, swells generated by the system will continue to impact the Louisiana and Texas coasts through Thursday night, creating dangerous surf and life-threatening rip current conditions. The heaviest rain associated with the storm remained offshore, according to the FOX Forecast Center, which stated Bertha reached peak intensity Tuesday as a moderate tropical storm.

The National Hurricane Center forecasts an additional 1 to 3 inches of rain for the Texas Gulf Coast and South Texas through the night, with isolated amounts up to 4 inches. This raises the threat of isolated flash flooding, particularly in urban and low-lying areas. The storm is expected to dissipate quickly over land, leaving only remnant showers on Friday.

Bertha formed Monday in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico, becoming the second named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season.